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"Flag Saluting," by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford. Statement made in 1936 by Rutherford, president of the Watchtower Society, explaining why Jehovah's Witnesses do not salute the flag.
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Preparation by Judge J.F. Rutherford (1933). Rutherford, the 2nd president of the Watchtower Society, gave the group the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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A Tract from the International Bible Student Association. (Jehovah's Witnesses) According to the 1988 Book Revelation Climax page 140 This resolution helped to publicize Jehovah's plague against "the earth " On the back are excerpts from Judge Rutherford's Lecture Millions Now Living Will Never Die. I now have added a color version of this tract (February 2013) If you have other old tracts and pamphlets etc. please consider sharing them on the Internet Archive. This tract was...
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Judge Rutherford, Watch Tower, Watchtower, Pastor Russell, C.T.Russell
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"Integrity," lecture by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford (1941). Rutherford was the second president of the Watchtower Society and had given the group the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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"Judge" Rutherford, by Rev. H. Thurston, S.J. Booklet printed by the Catholic Truth Society in Britain in 1940 in reply to publicity garnered by J.F. Rutherford's visit to Britain in 1938 and his lecture "Face the Facts." The material in the booklet was originally printed in the Catholic newspaper "The Universe."
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Judge For Four Days Rutherford by Rev. Edward Curran. Tract by Catholic priest about Judge J.F. Rutherford, president of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses).
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The Higher Powers by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford (1936). Audio recording explaining that the "higher powers" of Romans 13:1 are not the earthly governmental authorities. Rutherford was the second president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and had given the movement the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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Enemies by Judge J.F. Rutherford (1937). Rutherford was the second president of the Watchtower Society and gave the movement the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931. The book sharply criticizes the Roman Catholic Church.
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"1933 Holy Year," lecture by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford. Rutherford, the second president of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) criticizes the Catholic proclaimed Holy Year for 1933.
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"Face the Facts," lecture given by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford on September 11, 1938 from the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, with other cities tied in by wire. Total attendance was over 150,000. Rutherford was the second president of the Watchtower Society and had named the movement Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931. PDF of booklet containing lecture is also available.
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Rutherford Uncovered by Rev. Richard Felix. Tract by Catholic priest about Judge J.F. Rutherford, president of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). Tract is a reply to Rutherford's tract Uncovered.
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Tract -"A Warning to All Christians." (1923) The 1988 book Revelation Climax mentions this tract and said this about it on page 140: "Jehovah's adverse judgment against "a third of the sea" was proclaimed abroad by this resolution" On the back is a lecture by Judge Rutherford called "The Worlds Crisis" If you have other old tracts and pamphlets etc. please consider sharing them on the Internet Archive.
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"Comfort All That Mourn," lecture by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford given August 9, 1941 from the convention of Jehovah's Witnesses being held in St. Louis, Missouri. This was the last convention of Jehovah's Witnesses attended by Rutherford before his death. Rutherford was the second president of the Watchtower Society, serving from 1917-1942. PDF of booklet containing text of lecture is also available.
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, J.F. Rutherford, Judge Rutherford
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This is part 2 of 3 in the series Model Study. It contains Questions and Answers to booklets published by the Watchtower society with the use of phonograph records. They where used to study the bible and the teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses in the late 1930's and early 1940's. The booklets and phonograph records used for this booklet are Government and Peace, victory, Fascism or Freedom, Face the facts, Fill the Earth, warning, Violence and Safety. It was published in 1939
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Salvation by Judge J.F. Rutherford (1939). Written as a "textbook for the Jonadabs" (those who would survive Armageddon and live on a paradise earth). Rutherford was president of the Watchtower Society and had given the movement the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931. Includes picture and discussion of Beth Sarim (in San Diego, California), which was dedicated for the use of Old Testament princes.
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Judge Rutherford, J.F. Rutherford, Beth Sarim, IBSA,...
1941 Watchtower Convention Condemns Olin R. Moyle. Scan of the resolution adopted by the Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses in St Louis, Missouri condemning Olin R. Moyle. In 1939, Moyle resigned as legal counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses in a letter criticizing "Judge" J.F. Rutherford, second president of Jehovah's Witnesses. Rutherford published statements against Moyle which were held to be libelous in US Courts and Moyle was awarded $15,000 in damages. The Convention resolution against...
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Olin R. Moyle, Judge Rutherford, J.F. Rutherford
Jehovah by Judge J.F. Rutherford. Book published in 1934. Rutherford, the 2nd president of the Watchtower Society, gave the group the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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This booklet containes questions and answers to the booklets Uncovered and Protection with the use of phonograph records. It was published in 1937 by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. There where 3 booklets with the title Model Study al with questions and answers called Model Study 1, 2 and 3 In Dutch there where booklets published called Model Study with Q&A but they where not translations of the English booklets.
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1942 Consolation. All issues of the magazine Consolation (published by the Watchtower Society and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses) for 1942. The magazine was later renamed Awake! in 1946. Copyrights were not renewed and these issues are in the public domain. Larger PDF file is searchable.
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This booklet containes the text of the Watchtower of November 1, 1939 and was published in 1939 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., I.B.S.A. Brooklyn, New York. The same booklet was published in the UK under the title Neutrality of Jehovah's Witnesses containing 24 page instead of the 32 in this edition
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1939 Consolation (various issues). 12 issues for Consolation for 1939. Magazine was published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1946, the magazine was renamed Awake!
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Judge Rutherford, J.F. Rutherford, Beth Sarim,...
Article "Birth of the Nation" from the March 1, 1925 Watchtower. This landmark article reinterpreted Revelation 12 (casting of Satan to the earth) to apply from 1914 onwards. This article was published by J.F. Rutherford, 2nd president of the Watchtower Society (now known as Jehovah's Witnesses) despite the objections of the majority of the Editorial Committee for the Watchtower magazine. The June 15, 1938 Watchtower, p. 185 explains: "In the beginning of the first Hebrew month...
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1943 Consolation, January to June. All issues of the magazine Consolation (published by the Watchtower Society and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses) for 1943, from January to June. The magazine was later renamed Awake! in 1946. Copyrights were not renewed and these issues are in the public domain.
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Life by Judge J.F. Rutherford (1929). Book written by the 2nd president of the Watchtower Society promoting Zionism. Explains that the years 1914 and 1925 were marked years in biblical chronology for the return of favor to the nation of Israel. In 1931, Rutherford gave the movement the name Jehovah's Witnesses. PDF format is searchable and bookmarked.
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Armageddon Around the Corner by William Whalen. A Catholic journalist reports on the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Society.
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Vindication, Volume 3 by Judge J.F. Rutherford (1932). Biblical commentary on the book of Ezekiel. Rutherford, the 2nd president of the Watchtower Society, gave the group the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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"Government and Peace," lecture given by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 25, 1939. Rutherford was president of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). At about 25:20 into the lecture, a group started shouting "Boo!" in an attempt to disturb the meeting.
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The May 27, 1942 Consolation (precursor to Awake!) discusses the failure to provide for "Judge" J.F. Rutherford's dying wish to be buried at "Beth Sarim," his estate in San Diego, California. Rutherford was the 2nd president of the Watchtower Society and had given the group the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" in 1931.
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Funeral Discourse for Hayden C. Covington, given in November, 1978. Covington had been Vice President of the Watchtower Society (Jehovah's Witnesses) from 1942-1945 and had served as Chief Legal Counsel for Jehovah's Witnesses from 1939-1963. Covington represented Jehovah's Witnesses before the U.S. Supreme Court on several important cases involving personal freedoms. Funeral discourse was given by Colin Quackenbush from Watchtower headquarters in New York.
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Hayden C. Covington, J.F. Rutherford, Judge Rutherford
"Prophecy," by Judge J.F. Rutherford (1929). Rutherford, the 2nd president of the Watchtower Society, later gave the group the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931. Page 65 of the book states: "The Scriptural proof is that the second presence of the Lord Jesus Christ began in 1874 A.D." (It wasn't until the early 1930s when Watchtower publications changed the date of Christ's "presence" to 1914.)
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1938 Resolution by Jehovah's Witnesses against "the Roman Catholic Hierarchy," narrated by Grant Suiter. The resolution was adopted at a convention of Jehovah's Witnesses in Seattle, Washington in 1938. Suiter later served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Watchtower Society and on the Witnesses' Governing Body for many years.
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Government by Judge J.F. Rutherford (1928). Rutherford, the 2nd president of the Watchtower Society, later gave the group the name Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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1928 The Messenger, published by the Watchtower Society reporting on the Detroit, Michigan convention that year. Includes many pictures and text of the convention and also Bethel headquarters (Bethel home and factory). At this convention Watch Tower president J.F. Rutherford ("Judge Rutherford") first spoke against the idea that the Great Pyramid of Egypt had any prophetic significance. Included are many pictures of prominent Watchtower officials. In 1931, this group known as the...
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses by Alan Rogerson.
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Booklet written by J.F.Rutherford, Loyalty Questions and answers on Whose servant, Saluting the Flag, Last Days. Saluting the flag was broadcast over chain on October 6,1935. From the intro:"Judge Rutherford's answers herein will help you. No dodging or side-stepping, but straight Scriptural answers; just what you need and want." page 11 "If a child has been taught by its parents to love and to obey Almighty God and Christ Jesus, as directed by the Bible, and the child believes...
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Witnesses Out of the Bottomless Pit: Judge Rutherford Under the Searchlight by George S. Lloyd (1933). Historical evaluation of the movement known as Jehovah's Witnesses by Australian writer.
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Reports of conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses held in 1942 in various key cities throughout the USA and some other countries. These were the first conventions held after the death of "Judge" J.F. Rutherford. The main speaker at these conventions was Nathan H. Knorr, the 3rd president of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. GNU FDL by Charles Chasson and permission granted to post to the Internet dated November 5, 2009.
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Book written by J.F. Rutherford, 2nd president of the Watch Tower Society (currently the parent organization of Jehovah's Witnesses). Published in 1920 by the International Bible Students Association.
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In 1938 Judge Rutherford Second President of the Watchtower Society visited Australia. This is footage from that visit.
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Faith on the March by A.H. Macmillan. Recounting of the history of the Watchtower/Jehovah's Witness' movement in an autobiographical style by A.H. Macmillan, who worked with Charles Taze Russell, "Judge" Joseph F. Rutherford and N.H. Knorr. Macmillan was baptized by the Bible Students in 1900 and served at Brooklyn Bethel headquarters from Russell's time up until his death in 1966. His life story also appeared in the August 15, 1966 Watchtower. Text is available at several places on...
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Watchtower and Golden Age Christmas. Scans of pages from the Watch Tower and the Golden Age (published by Jehovah's Witnesses) from the time period of when the Bible Students (as Jehovah's Witnesses were then known) celebrated Christmas.
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The March 19, 1930 issue of The Golden Age (published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society) containing the deed for Beth-Sarim, the mansion built in San Diego, California in expectation of the resurrection of Old Testament "princes," for their use. "Judge" Joseph F. Rutherford, 2nd president of the Watchtower Society, served as caretaker of the property and spent the winters there from 1930 to 1942. In the following year, Rutherford gave the group the name...
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"The Harp of God," by "Judge" J.F. Rutherford. This is the second edition, published in 1928. The second edition from 1928 has some significant changes regarding the role of Pastor Charles Taze Russell. Rutherford was the second president of the Watchtower Society and named the movement Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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This is the official index and errata text corrections for the Watch Tower reprints from 1879 till 1919 that where published in 1919. The errata text corrections also contains parts that where missing in the reprints. Like parts of Poems. The Watch Tower reprints themselves are not included in this file. The index contains different parts like elaborated texts, index of scripture citations, index of articles and a topical index. (When you have other publications like this, that are not...
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"Another Harvest Siftings Reviewed," by P.S.L. Johnson (1918). Johnson was involved in the schism at Watchtower headquarters in July of 1917 when the majority of the Board of Directors of the Watchtower Society sided against Watch Tower president J.F. Rutherford. Johnson wrote this booklet the next year against both the former Board members and Rutherford. Rutherford went on to name the movement Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931.
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"The Messenger" dated July 25 & 26, 1931. 12 pages of text and pictures from historic convention newspaper published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. This was the convention in Columbus, Ohio (USA) where the group adopted the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" as can be seen on the front cover (initials "JW" on the masthead). 2 pages of this newspaper contain pictures and text about Beth Sarim, the estate in San Diego, California built for the return of the...
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Joseph F. Rutherford, J.F. Rutherford, Judge...
"The Inside Story of Jehovah's Witnesses," by W.C. Stevenson. The author spent 15 years as a full-time worker and five years as a Circuit Overseer (with oversight of several congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses) and was imprisoned for following the Witness' teaching against military service. Written without bitterness, the book gives an overview of Jehovah's Witnesses and discusses why people join the movement and why some leave the movement. In Great Britain the book was entitled...
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December 31, 1924 Golden Age magazine. Published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). The Golden Age was published from 1919-1937 and was succeeded by Consolation and is now published as Awake! This magazine contained a special article entitled "A Bible For the Scientist," by William E. Van Amburgh, Secretary-Treasurer of the Watch Tower Society.
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On October 31, 1916 the founder of the Bible Students, Pastor Charles Taze Russell, died. The organization he established became fragmented and subject to strong personalities who felt they knew how to best continue his legacy. These differences between the groups who trace their roots to the Pastorâs ministry continue to our day. Pastor Russellâs message of hope, so different from that of the Christian denominations of his day, attracted critics who, when unable to counter his Scriptural...
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A special edition of the March 1, 1918 Watchtower magazine, which was also referred to as "ZG" ("Z" standing for Zion's Watch Tower and "G" represented the 7th volume of Studies in the Scriptures). This special issue of the Watchtower magazine contained a paperback version of The Finished Mystery with additional commentary. At this time, the president of the Watchtower Society was J.F. Rutherford who had succeeded C.T. Russell after Russell's death in 1916....
Topics: Jehovah's Witnesses, Watchtower, Watch Tower, Judge Rutherford, J.F. Rutherford, Finished Mystery,...
